William Bowers

Attore, Sceneggiatore, Produttore

17 gennaio 1916 — 27 marzo 1987 (71 anni)
William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers. His first credited screenplay was My Favorite Spy in 1942.

His career noticeably picked up after his Oscar nomination for the gritty Gregory Peck Western The Gunfighter in 1950, leading to such assignments as the remake of My Man Godfrey in 1957 and The Sheepman in 1958 (a second Oscar nomination).

Bowers produced the last film that he wrote, the superior Western parody Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969). He also had a bit part as an actor in The Godfather Part II (1974).

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Romantico avventuriero
    Romantico avventuriero1950
  • Il dito più veloce del West
    Il dito più veloce del West1969
  • Tragedia a Santa Monica
    Tragedia a Santa Monica1948
  • La pistola e il pulpito
    La pistola e il pulpito1974
  • La peccatrice di San Francisco
    La peccatrice di San Francisco1952
  • Four Star Playhouse
    Four Star Playhouse4 stagioni

Famoso per

  • Romantico avventuriero
    Romantico avventuriero1950
  • Il dito più veloce del West
    Il dito più veloce del West1969
  • Doppio gioco
    Doppio gioco1949
  • Sfida nella città morta
    Sfida nella città morta1958
  • Quarto grado
    Quarto grado1955
  • Prigionieri della città deserta
    Prigionieri della città deserta1953
  • La legge del più forte
    La legge del più forte1958
  • Arriva Jesse James
    Arriva Jesse James1959
  • Notte e dì
    Notte e dì1946
  • Passione che uccide
    Passione che uccide1947
  • Tragedia a Santa Monica
    Tragedia a Santa Monica1948
  • Nei bassifondi di Los Angeles
    Nei bassifondi di Los Angeles1951
  • Luci sull'asfalto
    Luci sull'asfalto1951
  • Stazione luna
    Stazione luna1966
  • 5 contro il casinò
    5 contro il casinò1955
  • Condannato!
    Condannato!1950
  • Il falso generale
    Il falso generale1958
  • Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
    Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone1950
  • The Wild Wild West Revisited
    The Wild Wild West Revisited1979
  • La tratta degli innocenti
    La tratta degli innocenti1949

Filmografia

1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Senate Committee Chairman
1977
The Godfather: A Novel for Television · as Senate Committee Chairman
1975
1974
The Godfather Part II · as Senate Committee Chairman

1979
1978
1978
1974
1969
1967
1966
1964
Advance to the Rear · as Screenplay
1961
1959
1959
1958
The Law and Jake Wade · as Screenplay
1958
Imitation General · as Screenplay
1958
The Sheepman · as Screenplay
1957
My Man Godfrey · as Screenplay
1956
1955
1955
Tight Spot · as Screenplay
1955
5 Against the House · as Screenplay
1953
She Couldn't Say No · as Screenplay
1953
Split Second · as Screenplay
1953
1952
1952
Assignment: Paris · as Screenplay
1952
1951
The Mob · as Screenplay
1951
Cry Danger · as Screenplay
1950
1950
The Gunfighter · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1950
Convicted · as Screenplay
1949
1948
1948
Black Bart · as Screenplay
1948
Larceny · as Screenplay
1948
Pitfall · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1948
River Lady · as Screenplay
1948
Let's Live Again · as Screenplay
1947
Something in the Wind · as Screenplay
1947
The Web · as Screenplay
1946
Night and Day · as Screenplay
1945
Sing Your Way Home · as Screenplay
1942
Seven Days' Leave · as Screenplay
1942
My Favorite Spy · as Screenplay

1980
More Wild Wild West · as Teleplay
1974
The Gun and the Pulpit · as TeleplaySu Plex
1955
The Jane Wyman Show · as Teleplay
1954
Studio 57 · as Teleplay
1952
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Original Screenplay
1949
Abandoned · as Additional Dialogue
1949
1948
Jungle Patrol · as Story
1947
1947
Ladies' Man · as Story
1946
1943
Higher and Higher · as Additional Dialogue By
1943